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Germany has set out plans to host another major football tournament this decade, after the German Football Association (DFB) announced its intention to bid to stage the Uefa Women's Euro in 2029
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Disney has struck a late deal ensuring live coverage of England's top-flight Women’s Super League across much of the Americas for the 2024-25 season ahead of tonight's (Friday's) kick-off.
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Sport TV has challenged Portuguese public broadcaster RTP over its use of highlights clips from Primeira Liga and Serie A matches in complaints made to the Portuguese media watchdog.
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Industry Moves

The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) has ended its search for a new chief executive, appointing Peter Willems, a one-time Uefa sponsorship and marketing executive, to the role
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Relevent Sports has strengthened its commercial grip on football across the Americas through an unprecedented 17-year, multi-faceted deal with the German Football League (DFL).
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Esports, gaming and media company Galaxy Racer (GXR) has announced that it has secured broadcast rights to three of Europe’s top football leagues on the Indian subcontinent in deals ranging from four to six seasons.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

LaLiga has announced a new multi-year regional agreement with cryptocurrency exchange Bitget.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian state-owned bank Caixa has signed a four-year deal with the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) worth R$160m ($29.3m/€26.2m), making it the biggest deal in the federation's history.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Pluto TV, the free, ad-supported streaming service owned by Paramount Global, has struck a multi-faceted global commercial agreement with Borussia Dortmund, which includes shirt branding and a dedicated TV channel.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Giulia Mazzia, the head of commercial ventures at Arsenal FC, is leaving the North London club to become the new commercial director for reigning Women’s Super League champions Chelsea Women, SportBusiness can reveal.
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Fan Engagement

Belgium's Pro League has expanded its deal with WSC Sports, with a greater focus on producing story-telling content that also fits in with the focus of its recently issued domestic rights tender.
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Pay-television operator Canal Plus has struck a late rights deal with ORF, Austria's public-service broadcaster, ahead of its debut coverage of the Uefa club competitions in the country
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Fifa has taken media rights for the 2026 Fifa World Cup to market in Cambodia, Taiwan and Vietnam, continuing its in-house sale of rights in the Asia-Pacific region
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Galatasaray has refuted criticism of the club's new sponsorship deal with MeritKing.news following claims of the website's ties to an illegal betting site.
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Finance & Law

Real Madrid has paused music concerts at its Santiago Bernabéu stadium following complaints from local residents in a move that could jeopardise the terms of its finance deal with US firm Sixth Street.
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The South African Premiership will remain on free-to-air television during the 2024-25 season after a late sublicensing deal was struck between rights-holder SuperSport and public broadcaster the SABC.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Qatar Airways will be the new global airline sponsor of the Uefa Champions League until at least 2030 having agreed an unprecedented two-cycle deal, SportBusiness can reveal.
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England’s Football Association is looking to move swiftly to land a new domestic broadcast deal for England’s women’s international qualifiers and friendlies after issuing a tender, SportBusiness under…